Summary: Set in S3E16 "1912" or S3E15 "All My Children." Will someone stop her from succeeding? What if Kat came back? Why is she back? What if Damon had to save Kat's life? Will he do it?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzKY9WeSCq
It was a dark night, as Esther Mikaelson used a knife to cut Elena's hand. Alaric Saltzman was knocked out on the floor in the little shed-like place. Esther was going to use Alaric as a weapon.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmFpJpeExN
"No," Elena protested.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqA5Ushvmxy
"I'm going to do this whether you're willing or not," Esther said.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgF48r6wNww
Elena tried to get free from Esther's hold on her wrist.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcF0v3kEmo2
Suddenly, Esther was thrown and she hit a faraway wall, while Elena hit the floor.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrbUpnlTYr
"You dare interrupt me?" Esther growled, once she was on her feet.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz2FiiQDBM
"If Elena and Alaric are involved, yes," Katherine Pierce replied. "And don't use your magic on me, because I know witches. Leave before you piss me off and I kill you."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHB54SpMFj
"You wouldn't dare," Esther growled.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3go53GFUg
"Oh, I would. Ask Damon or Elijah. I'll do anything to get what I want. I'm going to warn you only this once. Stay away from Elena and anyone else she associates with. And I don't want to see you again," she growled back.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAwFy1jtBJ
Elena watched from the floor, her back against a wall.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bwTmG0tPa
"I'm an Original. I can do anything and you can't kill me," Esther replied.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBsyV1bFmt
"No?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5o253sJIKh
Katherine pinned her against a wall with a hand around her throat in a blur, her free hand with a white oak stake that she had raised over Esther's chest.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRL8SGMYwnz
"You want a bet?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2mNDVddUo
Esther growled. Then the Original through her off and the bowl of ingredients spilled on the floor, as Katherine hit them. The bowl shattered into pieces.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVqJ3HisIz
The Petrova vampiress got to her feet, stake lost in the mess on the floor.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLId7bkmHV
"You used to be so delightful when we met back in the sixteenth century, Katerina. Whom were you in love with? Elijah or Trevor? Oh, yes. That's right. They were both in love with you, but you loved Elijah. And you used Trevor to escape Niklaus. Right? I wonder how Elijah feels for you now. You didn't choose him."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5yl3JPLxo
"Put the past behind you. I regret enough of my past that I don't need reminded."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2V5ZrzqOl
Esther through her and she hit a faraway wall with a thud.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUGwvm4UH1
"You have bad luck, Katerina. You tend to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkLi9XS6cs
Katherine layed on her side in pain and looked up at her.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqafm2RrE3S
"I don't care what I am as long as my family doesn't die again. I'll gladly die any day for Elena and the others," she confessed.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAmEuNAtlj
"Well, that's interesting enough."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fv9fAvGbM
Esther lifted her to her feet with a hand around her throat and pinned her to the wall.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE3GCpUF9e
"Believe me. I never thought I would feel love again after what Klaus did. But now, I can love again. Elena, Damon, Caroline, and Stefan are my family. I'll do anything for them," she answered, as pain sliced through her side and right arm.
"Why so open with me?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcNg0D1rIY
"Because you can relate; you love and you care for your family. But one thing is this. I will never be the monster you are."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRQoAIk9OJ
With her free hand, Esther slapped her across the face with anger clearly in her expression.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBQx1A7kST
"I am not a monster. I am a mother."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsC8mCYC5vi
"Yes; a mother that wants every vampire, including your own children, to cease to exist. If I had been able to raise Isabelle, I would never had become what you are. A mother that cares little, has no remorse, and is a selfish bitch."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgP9AAuS2j
Esther growled.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrd6mI1Oic
"How dare you speak to me like that!"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJt5BSvpEG
Esther through her and she hit the wall closest to Elena pretty hard.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJ2TJDlSjc
"Enough, mother. If you have something to say, say it," the voice said.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOSVCu6DIV
Esther turned to face her son.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZ582yX7iv
"Niklaus."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGo5kOiLLJ
She looked at the rest of her children calmly.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ92YcboFin
"Shall we discuss this somewhere else?" Elijah said.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMjZnYN6L3
"Yes. We should. Mother?" Klaus said.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hOQwyoTNn
Elena and Katherine watched them go.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIvsnV2uqB
"Are you okay?" Kat asked, as she layed on her back in silent pain.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNeREk15yB
"I think I'll be okay," Elena answered her.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98ek9gMowW
"I'm glad. What the hell did I miss?" Ric said, as he got up.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhLpUyc1GN
"Esther was going to make you a weapon, but Katherine stopped her. Klaus made Esther leave," Elena summarized for him.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4JjUCIFv7
Alaric started to his feet, as the doppelganger went and knelt by the vampiress.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbAjaU7wI7
"You're hurt," Elena said to her.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrM7UCiT0X
"Yes. I'll be okay when I heal. Don't worry about me. Decides, Damon is pissed off at Esther. When I went to the rescue, I saw that he was heading over to save you."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSuhCsHafB
"Thank you."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwmLS9l1Dv
"Anytime, Elena."
Alaric headed over to them.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0R0OKaftiK
"We should head back."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFv2uhOaH9l
"What about Katherine? We shouldn't leave her like this."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJ8ogA0xcr
"She'll heal, Elena."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3x8lfjosX
"Go. I'll be fine," Kat urged.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAdGvtto3y
"She saved me and you both," Elena reminded him.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pXZgmH5Nl
"And there's the hero of the day come to the rescue," Kat commented.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XHt3BvwSA
Damon walked in and headed over to the three of them.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsp82kx64S3
"What happened?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjH4E7No2GE
"She saved us," Elena answered.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0afu3vFO5
"What the hell are you doing back here?" he asked Kat, as he glared coldly at his Sire.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXu0D43H7L
"I want to finish off Klaus. I'm done running," she answered.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8pBypGfDS
"Let's go home," he told Elena and Ric.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfYPnS7moM
"Go ahead. Leave me," Kat urged her descendant.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8taobVwe2
"I shouldn't. I don't want to."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqyY2BEGMm
"Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do. Please, Elena. Go home. Keep your family, friends, and Damon safe from getting themselves killed."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxtikTNTQP
"No," Elena protested.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtayxmnAfWQ
Damon sighed.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8EVzLje4u
"She hurt you," he realized. "Where?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUg1SlAxcn
"Just my side, arm, and head."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3poejVJ57Y
He knelt at her left beside Elena.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ql0pTSdVw
"Which one?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvhoXZA6IX
"Right arm and side and the back of my head; I hit it on the wall."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KqrFIRS9B
"I'll take you to Elena's and we can both help you," Ric told her.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRoMqmx0cY
Damon got to his feet and looked at the Vampire Hunter.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLnGJkjgsW
"If you need anything, let me know. I'm going home."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVMmG7CYF6
Alaric watched him go.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqyZAx7IEH
Elena put an arm around her and helped her slowly to her feet, as she got to her own feet.
As they walked up the walkway towards Elena's, Elena on her left and Alaric on her right, she smelled her own blood. And she was beginning to feel light headed. She only hoped that they would get inside before she blacked out. She knew it would come soon. And as they continued, she felt the stickiness in the back of her head. And that's when the events at the end came back to her, because she knew those ingredients that had fallen had done something to her. They had fallen with her to the floor and she had landed on them. Now she wasn't healing. One thing came to her mind. It inwardly thrilled her, as she thought it.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJ6UARz1Zs
Am I becoming human?
They walked inside and Ric closed the door, as Elena and Kat headed upstairs towards the bathroom.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjLMKo3NGU
"Let me know if you need anything. I'll be in the kitchen. Then I'm going to bed," he told Elena, as he watched them disappear slowly upstairs.
Once in the bathroom, Elena closed the door and Kat sat on the closed toilet lid. Then Elena dug through the cupboard under the sink for the first-aid kit. As she did so, she tried to make her speak. The silence was making Elena wonder what was going through her mind. And that's where she started.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXfZNTYvua
"You've been quiet. That's not like you. What's wrong?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFF0MTfh6e
"Nothing's wrong exactly, but I've never had something like this happen. I usually heal fast, Elena. You've seen it happen. I don't know what Esther had in that bowl, but I think something happened to me. I didn't think much of it until a few minutes ago. I've never known it to happen, but in this world, anything can happen."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bvHwbA5MA
"What are you saying?" she asked Isabelle's mother, as she set the first-aid kit down beside the sink.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2Ls3kpEtM
"I'm saying that I think I might know why I'm not healing and why I'm not smelling or hearing as good as I usually can. I think I'm turning human."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiM5Atfi1J
Katherine had been looking at the floor throughout all of this with her hands folded in her lap. Now she looked up at her descendant.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGDfcRxEQE
Elena was startled a little by this new information, though she thought the vampire was just guessing. Was it possible, though? She didn't know.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKecTtofYiZ
"Are you sure?" Elena had to ask.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV0BOkyRwx
"I'm about fifty fifty percent sure. There's a fifty fifty chance that I could be right. If I am, I'm glad to be human again. I'll finally get the chance to follow my human dreams."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagmwJrGkEU
"You are?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0cAxh8RAs
"Yes. I didn't want to turn and I didn't know anything about real vampires. The only thing that I knew was that I wanted an escape. I wanted freedom from Klaus. My regret is turning. I couldn't do what I had wanted as a human. I was too poor to go to school with other kids and I never got the chance to be a parent. My father took my illegitimate daughter away and said that I had disgraced my family. I never saw her again until Isabelle came here. That's when I realized that Isabelle was my daughter."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpqSqLQc2T
Elena tended to her arm and side.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2NxhzkrhA
"So, about what Esther said; is it true?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mBtI95ams
"Yes. Elijah and Trevor loved me, but I only loved Elijah. But I never used Trevor. He tried to help me because he loved me, but I turned into a vampire and then fled for him, in hopes of shelter. But Niklaus was one step ahead of me. He slaughtered my entire village, including my family. After I cried over my ma' ma, I fled to England. I was young, though. I didn't know how to act human, so I was found out and banished. Then I came here and met Stefan, while Damon was fighting in the war on the south side. I'll never forget how handsome he was in a uniform. Stefan introduced me to Damon. When I fell for them both, they brought me love again and made me feel young. I wanted to stay with them and never leave, but I didn't want to die. So even though they were dead, I promised them that we would meet again soon."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFEp7w2EtX
When Elena had finished with her arm and side, she looked at her head. The back of her head was bleeding heavily.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9HreDinaw
"Katherine…" she started.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9D4YBe2wC
The doppelganger didn't know how to say it.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaHCHMEZq7
"It's bad, isn't it? You can tell me."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKP2FBpcnU
"Well, it looks bad, but I'm not a doctor."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqX5tEcenK
"Then you can call Meredith or Damon or both of them."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAwZse2fPr
Elena took some gauze and used it to apply pressure to the wound, while the vampire stood in front of the sink with hands on the counter. And as she did, Kat looked at the mirror part of the medicine cabinet. She had to grip the corners of the counter top, as the dizziness started and her focus kept going in and out. And then she felt her heart start beating in her chest.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKSP7UxQvD
"How do you feel?" she heard Elena ask, but her voice seemed far away.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX753mWbsrh
"Honestly, you should call Damon. I'm just dizzy, but I'm human. After 500 years, I feel my heart. I should probably lay down or something, though. In case it gets worse than my dizziness and focus," she replied, though her own voice sounded far away too.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZPXtvPwDZ
She saw Elena take out her phone and call someone; probably Damon. And then she started to feel light headed and disoriented.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRrwD0QTV7
Elena guided her over and helped her sit back down on the toilet with her free hand.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ILsLin1va
"I'll be right back."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2WxaVyREU
Elena left and went to sit on her bed, just as Damon answered.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTlMLLRjdO
"Damon, something is happening to Katherine."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGVbcYnJu1
"What? Is she dying?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ9vnS6XNs
"No. She's human and she thinks it was those herbs Esther had in that bowl that she and Esther shattered during the fight. I thought I should tell you before I get Meredith over here to take care of her head."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQuhDzf7tU
"Forget the crazy doc. I'll be there soon."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ell3Fk0Gb
"Thanks, Damon."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3LvFtyRFs
She hung up.
The Petrova human girl looked at Elena, as she walked back in.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdXtPkDaqb
"Let's go to my room. Damon's coming. He's going to help you."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFYJQ8nH3I
Elena helped her up and put an arm around her, before she shut the light off and walked out of the bathroom. And as soon as she had entered her room from the bathroom, she saw Damon in her room.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDp5Ncbv3nd
When he smelled blood and heard two hearts beating, he knew they were right. That meant that Kat needed help. She would bleed to death if he didn't help her soon. He could tell that she was pale, weak, and unfocused. He knew she was here, but not fully here. Right now, her life was hanging in his hands. He could let her die tonight or live. He had already chosen to keep her alive.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlvNwtgkLX
He stood in front of her and Elena let go of her. Then he rested gentle hands on either side of her face.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYotYDhNYSZ
"Try to stay with me. I'm going to help you," he instructed, though he wasn't sure how much she comprehended or understood.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp989jFv7X
He bit his wrist, ready to save her life.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt7UauONPM
"Damon?" she heard herself say, as everything turned from dim to gray. And then, a moment before everything went black, she felt herself fall and saw Damon's worried look after she felt him catch her. Then everything went black.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIXKutaAp1
Damon knelt down and pulled her gently into his arms. He positioned her head gently back and put his wrist to her lips for his blood to heal her, once enough of it made its ways into her blood stream.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMIJ1NYvrl
A few minutes later, he took his wrist away which healed. He then looked down at her and made up his mind. She was human and he had given her vampire blood. She needed to be safe.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWi0Ss3w3PT
He looked up at Elena.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lMNaSSTYC
"I'm going to take her home. Have a good night."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ovB9AMPYQ
Elena watched, as he got to his feet with Katherine in his arms and vanished out of her window.
When she awoke, the new human saw that she was in Damon's bed in his room. He was seated on her bedside, which she had never seen him do before.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxTuWxEXSN
"How do you feel?" he asked her.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrTEyisWEb
"Normal and better. Thank you. You saved my life. How long was I out for?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EPAOEtHon
"A couple days; do you want anything?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQUpncDQLW
"I'll just be content to be human and enjoy the day with my family including you."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMctHbkkM9
She sat up and smiled happily at him.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ52J5Gqj11
He smiled back.
